Road-crossing.



L. FREDERICK.

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LU'Il .'rlllDl RICK, OF IXDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA., ASSIGNOR OF SIXJIWELFTHSTO GEORGE COX iifi'i'l'l', B. W. STEWART, HARRY BELL, It. Y. FFRP,GEORGE M. APILFBY, .'I. It. APPLEBY.

Flink li KRING, )IATTIIIII' RAY, TWILLIS GETTY, R. J` MARSHALL, Il, l`.AXDERSOX. ANI) KFHR. .ILL OF INDIANA. PENNSYLVANIA.

ROAD-CROSSING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1 1, 1909.

Application filed February 9, 1909. Serial No. 476,913.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, LO'rT FREDERICK, citizen of the United States,residing at Indiana,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a-ppertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improxvements in road crossingsand more particularly to that class adapted to be used vcnient crossinglfor vehicles and my object is to provide means for attaching frames or gthe like to opposite sides of the track rails,

whereby the vehicle may pass thereover without unnecessary i ar.

A further object is to provide means vfor securing the frames inposition and a still further object is to provide means for containing asuitable filling between the frames on the inner faces of the trackrails'.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, Figure 1is a top plan view of a section of track-way showing my improvedcrossing attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the crossing.Fig. 3 is a sectional view as seen on` line SW3, Fig. l, Fig. 4 is asectional view as seen on line 4 4, Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a sectionalview as seen on line 5-5, Fig. 1.

` In the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, i indicates tra ckrails, which are cinistructed in the usual manner and which are securedupon cross tics 2 by means of spikes or the like 3. sitioned at theinner and outer sides of the 5 rails I are metallicI frames 4t and 5,respectivelv licing to prevent the possibility of parte of in connectionwith railways to form a consaid frames cmnprising top plates 6 I and 7,respectively and side walls 8 :ind 9 and end walls I0 and Il,respectively, the side walls S and 9 being preferably vertical, whilethe end walls l() and l] are preferably in clined, the object ininclining said end walls f ltlie train from catching on the metallic lframes as the train passes thereover.

i The top plates G and 7 are preferablyv slightly inclined dowmvardlyfrom the point ofthe-ir intersection with the rail head to E. theirouter edges, so that the entire Weight of a vehiclepassing over themetallic frame will not rest direct-li-v thereon, but willsimultaneously engage the tops of the rails, and the free edges of theend walls 10 and 11 are are adapted to fit closely the contour of thehead and base of the rail and rest against the' web of the rail, therebyforming a close. connection between the metallic frames and the i railswith which they are engaged. Tlielmvcr edges of the' side and end wallsof the metallic frames are provided with flanges 1st, which rest uponthe cross ties 2 and lare secured thereto by means of spikes 15, thatportion ol' the flanges extending along the end walls having raisedportionsl, which portions are adapted to fit over the base of the railand are secured thereto by means of spikes 17, said raised portions notonly serving to brace the rails, but permitting a snug 'fit of themetallic members with the rails.

The inner metallic frames 4 are provided with channels I8, whichchannels are adapted to rest adjacent the. edges of the rails l topermit the langes of the wheels of the train to pass over the metallicframes Without engaging the same, the channels at their ends beingflared away froin the rails as shown at 19 to prevent any possibility ofthe flanges striking the ends of the frame members as the wheels arepassing into the channels.

The free edges 20 of the channels 1S engage the face of the rails 1 at apoint slightly above the lower edges of the heads of the. rails, therebypreventing any i possibility of obstructions catching or passing betweenthe rails and the edges 20 and also preventing the toe and heel plateson the shoes of the animals passing over the frames from being .:aughttherein and to prevent the animals from slip ping when traveling overthe frames, the top plates G and 7 are provided with suitable ribs 2 lwhich project slightly above the faces of the plates and form a, more orless L ronghcned surface.

provided with projections 12 and 13which tered.

lhe space 22 between the metallic frames 4 may be filled with anysuitable-form of ballast or an additional plate or plates may beprovided to cover this space.

Q To prevent chains or other depending portions of the cars fromcatching on the partsbetween the metallic frames 4, I provide' guards23, which are placed in alinement with the ends of the metallic framesand at the same inclination as the inclination of the end walls 10, theupper end of the guards having curved termlnals 24, which aresubstantially semi-circular in cross section and engagle curved lugs 25on-the side walls of the i meta ic frames 4, the lower ends of the iguards having ianges 26, which rest upon the ties 2 and are securedthereto by means of faces of the frames havlng ribs thereon,

spikes 27.

As shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, the metallic frames may bereinforced as when@ heavy vehicles are constantly passing over thecrossing by placing brackets or braces 28 below the top lates andagainst the side i walls 8, or said rackets' may be arranged in anysuitable manner. v

By forming the frames of metal, they can i be made in any-length andangleor may be curved to fit any curvature of the track, therebyadapting the same to be applied to use at any point along the line ofrailway where a street or road crossing is encoun- It will likewise beseen that the frames may be readily removed to replace the ties and byfitting the plates snugly to the rails as j i ing between the rails andframes in any extent, thereby rotecting and preserving the ties. It willliliewise be seen that by providing the metallic frames they will bepractically indestructible and may be moved from place to place asoccasion may require.

What I claim is:

In a crossin tracks, the com ination with track rails: of metallicframes fitting snugly the opposite sides of the rails and conforming tothe shape thereof, the metallic frames on the inner faces of the railshaving channels therein, the end portions of which are ared, the uppermeans to s ecure the frames in position adj acent the rails, guardsbetween the frames on theinner faces of the rails and at the endsthereof, the upper ends of said guards having curved terminals vand lugson the frames with which said terminals engage, the ends of the t framesand the guards being inclined.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOT T FREDERICK.

Witnesses:

FRANK C. OBILE, W. H. FLEMING.

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